Spreading Arabic Language vital for unity – Al-Babtain

CAIRO, May 10 (KUNA) — Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation poet Abdulaziz Al-Babtain stressed the importance of spreading the Arabic Language as means to uniting the Arab World.Poets mirror the concerns and hopes of their nations, said Al-Babtain during a cultural event held at Kuwait Embassy in Cairo on late on Monday.He pointed to different conferences organized by the Foundation in different countries, aiming to encourage dialogue between cultures, translation and tolerance among different nations. In this context, he noted the recent “Ibn Zaydoun” poetry conference held in Spain and attended by 450 international figures.The Foundation is exerting huge efforts to spread the Arabic Language and literature on a wider range, through providing awards and prizes for poets with prominent works, he added.Moreover, Al-Babtain also said that the Foundation is cooperating with 59 Arab universities to hold specialized training courses on Arabic Language skills, reading and understanding poetry and other topics in the field, while it is also working on developing Arabic learning in Iran, Pakistan, India, Turkey, USA and African countries. (end) ms.ag